Movie Summary

The film opens with Los Angeles Police Detective John Spartan facing off with crime lord Simon Phoenix. Hostages die in the raid, and when Phoenix blames Spartan for the explosion that killed the captives, Spartan and Phoenix are both sentenced to Cryo-Prison. Fast forward to the year 2032, and we see a very different society emerging, with Los Angeles, San Diego and Santa Barbara merging together to form San Angeles, a dystopian society led by the enigmatic Dr. Raymond Cocteau. Under Cocteau's guidance, San Angeles has become a pacifist society, with crime effectively eradicated. Not everyone is happy with Cocteau's changes though, and Edgar Friendly leads a growing resistance movement, the biggest threat to Cocteau's regime. When Spartan is accidentally freed from his cryogenic imprisonment, he sets out on a brutal crime spree the pacifist San Angeles police department is unable to control. To catch the old-school killer, they'll need Spartan. The twentieth century cop is partnered with Lenina Huxley, a San Angeles police officer. Can the old-school cop teach Lenina enough to keep her safe from Phoenix?

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Huxley: How was the fiendish Simon Phoenix apprehended back in the 20th?Zachary: Twelve state manhunt. Satellite surveillance. A video bite on unsolved mysteries. Huh, none of it worked. In the end it took just one man, one cop... John Spartan.

T.V. Reporter: (Spartan carries a small girl from a burning building) How can you justify destroying a seven million dollar mini-mall to rescue a girl who's ransom was only twenty-five thousand dollars.Young Girl: F*** you, lady.

Spartan: (Spartan has just awoken from cryo-stasis) Yo, get me a Marlboro.Garcia: Yes, of course, right away. What's a marbo?Spartan: It's a cigarette, any cigarette.Huxsley: Ah, smoking is not good for you, and has been deemed that anything not good for you is bad... hence, illegal. Alcohol, caffeine, contact sports, meat--Spartan: Are you s******* me? Computer: [BEEP] John Spartan, you are fined one credit for violation of the verbal morality statute.Spartan: What the hell is that?Computer: [BEEP] John Spartan, you are fined one credit for violation of the verbal morality statute.Huxsley: ...bad language, chocolate, gasoline, uneducational toys and anything spicy. Abortion is also illegal but then again so is pregnancy if you don't have a license.

Huxsley: I've been in the business of your escapades for some time now. I have in fact perused some news reels from the Schwarzenegger library. That time that you took that car--Spartan: Hold it! The Schwarzenegger library?Huxsley : Yes, the Schwarzenegger presidential library. Wasn't he an actor before--Spartan: Stop. He was president?Huxsley: Yes. Even though he was not born in this country, his popularity at the time caused the 61st amendment which states that--Spartan: I don't want to know.

Spartan: So. What's with this Cocteau guy anyway? He says I saved his life which I'm not even sure I did and my reward is dinner and dancing at Taco Bell? I mean, hey, I like Mexican food, but come on.Huxsley: Your tone is quasi-facetious, but, you do not realize that Taco Bell was the only restaurant to survive the franchise wars.Spartan: So?Huxsley: So... now all restaurants are Taco Bell.Spartan: No way.

Huxsley: The exchange of bodily fluids. Do you know what that leads to?Spartan: Yeah, I do. Kids, smoking, a desire to raid the fridge.Huxsley: The rampant exchange of bodily fluids was one of the major reasons for the downfall of society. After AIDS, there was NRS, after NRS there was UBT. And one of the first things that Dr. Cocteau was able to do was to outlaw and behaviorally engineer all fluid transfer out of socially acceptable behavior. Not even mouth fluid transfer is condoned.Spartan: Kissings not allowed. Damn, I was a good kisser.

Taglines:1. The future isn't big enough for the both of them.2. The 21st Century's most dangerous cop. The 21st Century's most ruthless criminal.3. In the 21st Century, the police aren't equipped to handle this kind of violence. John Spartan isn't equipped to handle this kind of peace and harmony.4. In the year 2032, Simon Phoenix escapes from prison, on the verge of bringing crime to San Angeles. One man is called back to duty as a last resort. They call him... THE DEMOLITION MAN.

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